National Wind Workforce Assessment: Educators to Students [Slides]

Technical Report · Mon Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2221853· OSTI ID:2221853

McDowell, Brinn ^[1]; Smith, Elena ^[1]; Stefek, Jeremy ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

As a part of the National Wind Workforce Assessment, four presentations have been created in conjunction with the technical report to provide more insight into key findings. The four presentations are catered towards specific stakeholder groups that include: educators, wind industry firms, students, and current wind industry employees. This presentation is intended for use by educators and students looking to gain insight into key levers that can influence hiring difficulty and actionable steps that can be taken to help narrow the workforce gap. The report includes the current student perception of the wind industry, current hiring difficulties faced by wind energy firms, and current hiring difficulties faced by the potential workforce. The hiring difficulties for wind industry employers are divided by entry level employees and non-entry-level employees and by cross sections such as firm size, location, value chain segment, and wind industry sector. Hiring challenges faced by students trying to enter the wind industry are divided by 2-year degree and certification programs, 4-year degree programs, and current wind employees.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 2221853
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR--5000-87531; MainId:88306; UUID:d88b15f8-6385-4003-9c6c-b20b6da37eae; MainAdminID:71108
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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17 WIND ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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